42 Bible Verses about Self Esteem

Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

so that we confidently say,
“The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid.
What will man do to me?”

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

Such confidence we have through Christ toward God.

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

When all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations surrounding us saw it, they lost their confidence; for they recognized that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.

who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Do not trust in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a friend.
From her who lies in your bosom
Guard your lips.

in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

although I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more:

Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

For the Lord will be your confidence
And will keep your foot from being caught.

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

“I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To a nation which did not call on My name.

My soul, wait in silence for God only,
For my hope is from Him.

The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.

for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,

and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another.

I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But he who walks wisely will be delivered.

If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.

and those members of the body which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable,

But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,

But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.

but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

“For My hand made all these things,
Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.
“But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.

And the work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will;